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    acclimating fals percula clown

    Ive had this little clown for about a week. its about 1.5" still a baby. its in a 10 gal nano with a few mushrooms, GSP, yellow polyps, and some buttons. ever since I got the fish it only stays at the top of the tank happily swimming. even at night its up by the PH waddling around. Ive never...
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    seachem reef plus

    has anyone used this product? I purchased this a week ago, I used it that night, tightened the lid and left it setting out for a week before I read the fine print that said it needs to be refrigerated after use! it isnt sold refrigerated. this is expensive stuff....do you think it bad now...
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    adding trace elements and more

    my algae bloom has gone away for now. I had just started my first SW tank, a nano 10 gal reef. after I was sure the cycling was complete I added livestock like some blue leg hermits, nerite snails, emerald crab, green star polyp, yellow polyp, and a bulls eye shroom. I had a horrible algae...
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    wow! algea bloom

    I cycled my tank for two months with the hood light off. I just stocked the tank with some blue leg crabs, emerald crab, green star polyp, and yellow polyps. so the hood light has been on for 10 hour intervals for three days now. I have been changing 1 gal of distilled water a week for a 10...
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    crab questions

    my 10 gal nano reef has been cycling for over two months now. In the excitment I went right out and purchased some livestock with only a small amount of research on these things. I purchased a emerald crab, 8 small blue leg hermit crabs, green star polyp, and yellow polyp. my question is will...
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    inexpensive flourescent lighting

    I have followed the advice somewhat of what I had read on the krib about buying T8 flourescents from a hardware store rather than overpriced tubes at the LFS. I went to home depot and bought 3 tubes of Plant/aquarium 48" lights. they were actually T12 because the T8 didnt fit my hood. They...
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    A good invertebrate book

    I wanted to get some advice on a good book to pick up that would designate a page per invertebrate and list a care fact for each. I would like to know what Im looking at in the LFS and if I have the proper lighting etc. to keep it.
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    also found something on florida rock

    the peice of florida rock In my tank came with three round balls attached. they range in color from orange to yellow, the largest is the size of a dime. the store owner told me they were sponges but not what kind and how to care for them. my tank is cycling and I am worried they will not...
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    found something on a fiji rock

    this is my first SW tank and I have just purchased some fiji rock. when I came home after work and turned the tank lights I saw this thing sticking out of the fiji rock. it was out about a 1/4 inch and its body was about the diameter of a pencil. the head had about 10 or 12 short brown...
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    initial purchase of tenents

    Hello, I have got my setup figured out for the most part. I am putting together my first SW, a micro reef in a 10 gal. tank. I still have many weeks ahead of cycling but I wanted to get some peoples advise who also had or have micro reefs, what kinds of things I should start out with. I...
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    skimmer on a sump?

    still in the process of setting up a micro 10 gal reef. I have LR and LS, I have also found a small protien skimmer that was inexpensive. what I want to do is have one 10 gal tank with the reef in it and another container next to it that holds maybe 3 gal to do all of the skimming. Is this...
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    micro reef startup advice

    I am wanting to startup a 10 gal. to a micro reef aquarium. I know this is not recommended but can be done with the proper maintenence. I have purchased so far the live sand, some base rock, and the salt to mix the water. I have access to deionized water source because I was told that tap...
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